The Elements of Dressage: a Guide for Training the Young Horse by von Ziegner

Xenophon Press' new 2022 hardcover edition brings this title back into the Xenophon Press Library where it began. From the Foreword by Gerd Heuschmann: Writing a foreword to a book whose author is one of the most renowned connoisseurs of classical horsemanship is both a great honor and a challenge. Before I give a few thoughts on Kurd Albrecht von Ziegner’s person, I would like to briefly describe the present work. The book, first published as “The Basics” in the 1990s, by Xenophon Press, is now one of the most substantial specialist books on classic, German National/Gustav Steinbrecht-based [Gymnasium of the Horse, 1994 Xenophon Press] riding theory written in the last 40 years. In my opinion, especially today, advocacy by Kurd Albrecht von Ziegner that the classic riding school methodology cannot be negotiated, shortened or modernized is even more relevant. The training system of our current guidelines can be traced back almost completely to the first generally reco